Acetylene-gas generator.



No. 658,264. Patented Sept. I8, 1900.

I A. uus son.

ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Jan. 15, 1900.)

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A. HUSSON.

ACETYLENE GAS GEN EBATOB.

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UNiTnp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HUSSON, OF PARRENTRUY, SWITZERLAND.

ACETYLEN E-GAS 6 EN ERAT-O R.

EJPEUIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,264, datedSeptember18', 1900. i,

Application filed January 15, 1900- Serial No. 1,711. (No model.) I i F0all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT HUssoN, a citizen of the Republic ofSwitzerland, residing at Parrentrny, in the canton of Berne,Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements in AcetyleneGenerators, (for which I have applied for Letters Patent in GreatBritain, No. 13,145, hearing date June 2 1, 1899,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to acetylene-generators in which the chargingmaterial is fed into water contained in the generator; and the objecrsof my invention are to dispense with all mechanism for feeding thecharging material into the generator, to dispense with the perforateddisks or trays for receiving the charging material, to prevent the gasfrom escaping through the charging-orifice without the use of cooks orvalves, and to shape the bottoms of the generator and charging-hopper insuch a manner as to enable the waste material to be easily removed fromthe generator. I attain these objects by means of the apparatusillustrated by the accompanying draw- 'ings, in which Figure 1 is asection of an acetylene-generator constructed according to thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a section of same at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig.3isasection of a similar generator fitted with a modified form ofcasing. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the casing shown in Fig. 1. Fig.5 is a perspective view of the casing shown in Fig. 3.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.

Now according to this invention I provide a vessel A of any suitablesize, shape, and material, the said vessel being preferably cylindricaland made of a suitable metal which is not easily oxidized by thecharging material and water used. The vessel A is provided with anarched or domed cover B and a conical or tapered bottom D, the saidbottom being fitted with a cook or valve E.to enable the waste water andother material to be run off or blown out when necessary.

F is a short pipe or neck secured by riveting or otherwise to the coverB of the vessel A.

G is a branch pipe to which is attached the gas-main I and, ifnecessary, a safety-valve. H is a test-cock to insure the vessel A beingfilled with water to the proper height, the said cock being placed atthe working level of the water.

O is the hopper into which the calcium oarbid or other suitable materialis charged, the said hopper being secured by riveting or otherwise tothe pipe or neck F and, if desired,

to the cover B, the joint between the pipe or neck F and hopper 0 beinggas-tight. The neck F is also jointed gas-tight to the cover B.

The hopper C may be oblong, square, circular, or elliptical incross-section and is smaller at the bottom than at the top, as shown bythe drawings.

-J is a casing, of metal or other suitable ma= terial, surrounding thehopper O, to which it is secured by riveting or other suitable means.

The casing J consists of a vessel havingan open top and is also.provided with lateral openings R R and an inclined bot-tom 0, approximately parallel to the bottom of the vessel A.

M M are inclined planes secured in the easing J below the bottom of thehopper C, and Q Q are battle-plates, also attached to the casing J.

S S are apertures in the casing J to allow the charging material to fallinto the vessel A. As will be seen on reference to Fig. 1, the casingJis narrower at the top than it is at the bottom,the sides of the casingextending from a little above the bottom of the hopper to within a shortdistance of the bottom of the vessel A, the casing J beingopen at thetop and also at R R, about half-way up the sides thereof,as abovestated. In some cases instead of the bottom 0 of the casing J beingparallel or approximately parallel to the bottom of the vessel A itmaybe inclined in the opposite direction, as shown by Fig. 3, theinclined planes M M forming in this case the bottom of the casing, andinstead of the openings S S being at the bottom of the casing two ormore orifices S S may be formed at the sides thereof, as shown. Theinclined planes M M may have other inclined planes T T parallel to them,so as to form spouts, having the mouths thereof vertical orslightlyinclined toward the hopper O at the top.

N is a stand or staging to support the vessel A.

The action of the apparatus is as follows:

The vessel A is filled with water to the level of the cock H and thecarbid of calcium or other material is charged into the hopper C andfalls through the water onto the inclined planes M M and thence to theinclined bottom of the vessel A. The gas generated escapes mainlyoutside the casingJ to the surface of the water and collects u nder thecover B,fr0m whence it is drawn through the branchiG and; main I. Thegas,whieh aseendsinto the easing, is deflected outward by thebaflie-plates Q Q and escapes through the orifices R R. and top of thecasing,the gas always tending to take the shortest path to thesurfaceof'the water.

If the chutes shown by Fig... Slave used instead of the baffles, anygasstr-iking the bottom of the chutes is deflected upward and uo-gasenters the said chutes, as the mouths thereof are vertical or slightlyinclineda inward, and the gas also rises vertically to the surface ofthe water.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In an acetylene-generator thecombina tion of a vessel,to contain thewater and charging material, having a tapering or conical bottom and adomed or arched cover with a tapering or conical chargiug-hopperthedeliveryorificeof which is below the working level of the water in thesaid vessel a casing surrounding the lower portion of thesaid. hopperinclined planes formed in: one with or attached tothe casing below thehopper, baflie-plates attached to the casing below the said inclined.

planes and an inclined bottom to the saidcasing all substantially asspecified.

2. In an acetylene-generatorhaving ataper l ing or conical bottom thecombination of a tapering or conical charging-hopper having thedelivery-orifice thereof below. the working level of the water in thegenerator, a cas ing wider at the bottom than at the top and providedwith a sloping bottom surrounding and attached to the lower portion ofthe said hopper; inclined planes formed in one with or attachedto thesaid casing and bathe-plates attached to the casing below the inclinedplanes all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In an acetylene-generator the combination. of a vessel,. tocontainthe water and charging material, having a tapering or conicalbottom and-a domed or arched cover with a tapering or conicalcharging-hopper the de- Qlivery-orifice of which is below the workingilevel of the water inlthe saitlwessel, a casing t surrounding thelowerportioniof the saidhopper andinclined chutes formed in: onewith orgattachedto thecasing the said chutes being below the delivery-orificeofthe hoppeuand fterminating in. vertical months or months islightlyinclined. toward. the said. hopper as ispecified and. for the purposesstated.

4. In an acetylene-generatorhavingataperling or conical bottom thecombination of a tapering or conical charging-hopper having ,t-hedelivery-orifice thereof below theworkiing levelof the waterin. thegenerator at caslingsunrounding and; attached to the lowerportioniofithe said hopper and inclined chutes 3 formed in one with'orattached to the said caslingthe mouths of the said chutes being verticalorxslightly inclinedit'oward the saidhopper i all substantiallyasspecified and forthe purfposes stated.

ALBERT HUSSON.

In. presence of J A. GLEMENGE,

G. W. LANCASTER.

